Tag: Mumbai

Mumbai: “Veere Di Wedding” director Shashanka Ghosh is working on a web series which will explore the topic of sex but on a lighter note. The yet-untitled finite series will be up on Times Group’s soon-to-be-launched OTT platform, built on top of their acquisition of MX Player. “I have said it earlier and I will […]

Mumbai: Wider trade deficit, along with recent outflow of foreign funds, weakened the Indian rupee to a fresh record low during the early morning trade session on Thursday. At 9.45 a.m., the rupee traded at 70.18-19 after it had plunged to 70.32-33 — the lowest ever — against the greenback. On Tuesday morning, the Indian […]

Mumbai: Former India cricket captain Ajit Wadekar passed away here on Wednesday after a prolonged illness. He was 77. Wadekar, who played 37 Tests, led India to historic triumphs in the West Indies and England in the 1970s. Under him, India won five matches in the West Indies in the early 1970s before beating England […]

Mumbai: Actress Malaika Arora has been invited to judge a Bollywood dance competition at the ongoing Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM). Dance lovers from all over Australia are set to participate in the Telstra dance competition this year at the IFFM. Malaika is excited about judging the show. “Dance is an integral part of […]

Mumbai: State-run Indian Oil Corporation (IndianOil) on Saturday posted a consolidated net profit of Rs 7,175.59 crore, up 51 per cent year-on-year, for the quarter ended June 30, 2018. The consolidated net profit for the corresponding quarter of the previous fiscal stood at Rs 4,736.15 crore, the company said in a BSE filing. The country’s […]

Mumbai: Veteran actor Dharmendra, who will be seen in his forthcoming release ‘Yamla Pagla Deewana Phir Se’ has said that being a Jat, he and his family will never step back from making films until they don’t become successful in it. Dharmendra was interacting with media at the trailer launch of the film along with […]

Mumbai: A series of loud explosions followed by a massive fire were reported at a refinery of the Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) at Chembur in the eastern suburbs of Mumbai. At least a dozen fire tenders and five jumbo tankers were battling the blaze, which along with a thick black smoke cloud could be […]

Mumbai: Positive global cues, along with expectations of healthy quarterly results, lifted the key Indian equity indices to their record intra-day and closing high-levels on Wednesday. According to market observers, the inflow of foreign funds and healthy buying in consumer durables, banking and oil and gas stocks pushed the key indices higher. The 30-scrip Sensitive Index […]

Mumbai: Key equity indices – BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty50 — touched fresh all-time highs on Monday, supported by healthy buying in banking, consumer durables and auto stocks. Both the Sensex and Nifty50 hit their all-time highs of 37,801.78 points and 11,427.00 points respectively. According to analysts, broadly positive global cues also supported the gains. […]

Mumbai: Actress Sonam Kapoor has thanked music artiste Leo Kalyan for liking her latest film “Veere Di Wedding”. She said that the film’s team wanted to make a movie which was real and inclusive. The British-Pakistani musician, who is gay, had tweeted: “Okay, so I thought ‘Veere Di Wedding’ was the most progressive, well-rounded and […]

Mumbai: Actress Kajol released the trailer of her upcoming film “Helicopter Eela” on her 44th birthday on Sunday. “‘Helicopter Eela’ trailer is here! Film will be everywhere on September 7,” Kajol tweeted along with the link to the trailer. Directed by Pradeep Sarkar, the film also stars the National Award-winning actor Riddhi Sen, who will […]

Mumbai: Caution ahead of the third RBI monetary policy review along with disappointing quarterly results pulled the key indices of the Indian equity market lower during the late-morning trade session on Tuesday. The Reserve Bank of India is slated to announce its third bi-monthly monetary policy review statement on August 1. Besides the review, investors […]

Mumbai: The second phase of the Maharashtra shutdown call by Maratha groups seeking quotas, evoked mixed response in Mumbai and coastal districts of the state, punctuated with incidents of stray violence, here on Wednesday. Since morning large groups of Maratha activists armed with saffron flags and banners, took to the streets with noisy processions amidst […]

Mumbai: A day after the partial collapse of a bridge in suburban Andheri, another railway overbridge developed visible cracks at downtown Grant Road on Wednesday. The bridge on Grant Road station of Western Railway (WR) has developed cracks and as a precaution, traffic has been diverted to Nana Chowk towards Kennedy Bridge, Mumbai Traffic Police […]

Mumbai: A portion of a foot overbridge crashed on the Western Railway tracks, hitting the suburban train services here during Tuesday morning peak hours, an official said. Heavy overnight rains and waterlogging in many areas is suspected to be the cause of the crash of the structure, known as the Gokhale Bridge, on S.V. Road. […]